clean-up

 

noun

  • 1an act of cleaning a place: an environmental clean-up
  • an act of putting an end to immorality or crime: a clean-up of the more open violence had begun
  • 2 [usually as modifier] Baseball the fourth position in a team’s batting order, usually reserved for a strong batter whose hits are likely to enable any runner who is on base to score: L.A.’s clean-up hitter Clarence Maddern smacked a fastball over the left-field fence